For the 2006 Season



We've spent a lot of time updating MyFantasyLeague.com to address many of the features requested by our customers. While we'll continue to work on new and improved features in the coming months (check back to this page for frequent updates!), the following is a list of some of our 2006 system enhancements to date:

(as of January 10, 2007)

MyFantasyLeague.com Site News
A centralized For Commissioners > Commissioner News screen now encompasses the previous System Messages screen, along with the Stat Changes, Player Position Changes, Site Announcements, and Strange Plays support board forums/threads.  Additionally, owners & commissioners can now elect to receive some/all of this information via email.

Pools
Both Pick'em/Confidence and Survivor pools now allow for a start/end week independent of the league's regular season.  Additionally, owners may now submit future pick'em/confidence pool picks.

Salaries
Player salaries now offer the options to include/exclude cents, include commas, and abbreviate millions.


(as of December 15, 2006)

FREE NFL Playoff Leagues
Our completely FREE NFL playoff leagues (played from the Wild Card games (week 18) through the Super Bowl (week 21) are now available.  Go to For Commissioners > System Messages from a current league to read about the options and setup instrucions found in the "Free NFL Playoff Leagues" message.   Alternately, use this link to setup a completely new NFL playoff league.

Franchise Setup
Owners now have the ability to disable the league sound clips and all the franchise sound clips from playing for a given franchise login.


(as of November 20, 2006)

Reports
Three new league records reports are available:
Franchise Records - to quickly view both the highest and lowest franchise scores for your league.
Player Records - to quickly view both the highest and lowest fantasy players scores for your league.
Matchup Records - to quickly view both the highest and lowest combined scores for fantasy matchups, as well as the greatest and least point differential for fantasy matchups.

Home Page Modules
A "Newest Commissioner's Poll" module has been added to give commissioner polls priority over owner polls.


(as of November 8, 2006)

Wireless
A wireless league standings report (along with the existing wireless live scoring report) has been moved to a new Reports > Wireless menu item to also allow for future additional wireless reports. Alternate quick access to all wireless reports can be reached via http://www.myfantasyleague.com/wl/.

Reports
For leagues that currently use victory points in their scoring, a new Reports > Standings > Victory Points Summary report has been added to detail the VP for each franchise each week and year-to-date.

Player Search
When multiple hits result in a player search query, owners will be able to Add (fantasy free agents) and Trade (players on fantasy rosters) directly from the player search confirmation page.


(as of October 19, 2006)

Google Gadgets (Beta)
Support has been added to easily allow league home page modules to be embedded into other web sites such as personalized Google home pages. Click here for more information.

RSS Feed (Beta)
Owners can now export some key league data to any RSS-enabled reader. Click here for more information.

Images
The maximum file upload size has been increased from 40k to 50k for all file types.


(as of September 22, 2006)

Waivers
The For Commissioners > Previously Processed Waivers report now offers an explanation as to why a waiver request or a non-conditional blind bid was not awarded to a franchise.


(as of September 3, 2006)

MFL GameDay
The 2006 version of the MFL GameDay (free, PC-based) program is ready for faster, more comprehensive live scoring:
Faster updates - myfantasyleague.com Game Day updates every 30-35 seconds, whereas standard myfantasyleague.com live scoring refreshes every 90 seconds.
NFL Games View - this view allows you to see live scoring on an NFL matchup basis. This view is ideal to figure out, for example, if your RB on a given NFL team is not getting yardage, who else on the team might be getting the yardage.
Top Performers View - allows you to see the top performers across all NFL games as the games are in progress.
Touchdowns View - allows you to see all of the Touchdowns and Field Goals that have been scored at a glance as the games are on-going.
My Leagues View - for those in more than one league, this allows you to see the results of all of your games in all of your leagues in a single place.
Audio integration - Game Day can announce to you when touchdowns and field goals are scored, when teams get into the Red Zone, when sacks occur, and more.
More Options - turn stats details on/off, turn bench player view on/off, sort Top Performers by various stat categories, and more.

Email Alerts
Owners & the commissioner can now receive email each time a new league message board topic has been created.

Waivers
An option has been added to prevent owners from making FCFS waiver and/or true Free Agent moves from the kickoff of a player's game through the end of the last game of the week.


(as of August 10, 2006)

Support Ticketing System
We're excited to announce the official release of our support ticketing system (Help > How To Get Additional Help screen). This form offers customers:
The ability to get category-specific FAQ questions and answers to the most commonly asked questions on their own.
The ability to include behind-the-scenes, pertinent league data along with support requests. In this way we're hopeful that many support questions can be answered more quickly.

Navigation
An option has been added to the Other (Appearance) Settings screen to change the Franchise links (i.e., clicking on a franchise name) from the default "Franchise Information" report to the team's "Rosters" report.

Custom Players
The Enter Custom Players screen now offers an option to hide any previously defined custom players. This may be useful for dynasty leagues that add undrafted free agent rookies during the off-season once we add the official version of the player into the site's player's database.

League Skins
The Draft Beer skin has been added.


(as of August 1, 2006)

Online Draft
The player sound bytes have been updated to include 2006 R1-3 offensive players as well as many 2006 likely draft picks at all positions.

Auction
An option has been added to online auctions to force owners to have a full roster at the end of the auction.

League Skins
The Canada skin has been added.


(as of July 21, 2006)

Online Draft
We're very excited to announce an updated MFL online draft feature. In addition to an overall cleaner look and feel, it offers many draft enhancements over the "classic" MFL live draft.

Starting Lineups
For leagues that use backup players, the starting lineups can now be defined to enable owners to submit these players.

My Draft Preferences
A new My Draft Preferences screen has been added to give owners better control over auto-picks (by position) when using a MFL draft.

Blind Bidding
Blind bidding waivers are now fully supported (conditional/non-conditional, automatic/manual) for deluxe leagues.

Reports
A new grid format has been added to the accounting report to more easily view franchise summary credit and debit totals.

League Skins
The Premier skin has been added.


(as of July 13, 2006)

Online Draft
Deluxe leagues can now have multiple draft start times (one per division or conference as needed).

Formations
For leagues that use lineup formations, three more are now supported (Double Tight, Ace, and Spread).

Player Salaries
The MFL salary player factors have been released so you can use your league's salary cap to quickly and easily generate salaries for more than 400 players (via the Enter Player Salaries/Contracts screen).

League Skins
A leather helmet skin has been added.


(as of June 27, 2006)

League Skins
A new theHuddle.com and Patriotic skin have been added.


(as of June 6, 2006)

Invoices
A new 'League Invoice' screen with purchase details appears under the setup menu for purchased (and order-processed) leagues.

Victory Points
Victory points have been added as an optional standings report sort criterion.

League Polls
Two new enhancements.
Poll results can now be hidden until the poll expires.
Polls can be defined as public to allow a mouse-over of the number of poll votes to reveal how each franchise owner voted.

Starting Lineups
A couple of additions.
Commissioners can now automatically dis-allow owners from starting players on bye week.
Support for lineup formations (Full T, Pro Set, Single Back, and Run & Shoot) has been added.


(as of May 25, 2006)

League Message Boards
Commissioners can now define (Setup > Images & Other URLs screen) an avatar image for the commissioner account when posting on the league message board.

Adjustments
For leagues that require special adjustments to their divisional and/or conference standings the Setup > Adjust Scores and Standings heading now includes a "Divisional Standings Adjuster" and a "Conference Standings Adjuster".

Reports
A new Setup > Players and Rosters screen "Edit Drafted Column on Rosters Report" has been added for leagues that choose to display this data (Setup > Appearance Setup > Other Settings) to allow more flexible use for this column. The commissioner may enter any information as needed.


(as of May 17, 2006)

Home Page
Two new home page modules have been added (My Logo and My Icon) which will display the logo or icon of the franchise currently viewing the home page.

Reports
A "Custom Franchise Order" setup screen has been added to allow commissioners the ability to overwrite the default franchise number order used for franchise listings is many of the reports.

Maintenance
Commissioners can now delete a franchise from the league via the new "Delete A Franchise" setup screen.


(as of May 9, 2006)

Rookies
A new option has been added to the Other Settings screen (primarily designed for keeper/dynasty leagues) to append "(R)" to the end of each rookie player's name to allow easier recognition of rookie players.

Salaries
Contract years for all players can now be collectively incremented or decremented by entering a positive or negative value, respectively, to compute against.

Blind Bidding
Support for auto-processing of blind bidding waivers has been added.


(as of April 27, 2006)

2006 Leagues
2005 leagues can now be upgraded to a corresponding 2006 league.  Just login to your 2005 league as the commissioner and read & follow the "Upgrade This 2005 League To A 2006 League Now!" home page message.  For Keeper/Dynasty leagues, please read these notes regarding the new keeper/dynasty upgrade procedure.  Once upgraded, you can use the For Commissioners > $$Purchase League$$ menu item to register.


(as of April 20, 2006)

2006 Leagues
New customers can now setup a 2006 league and use the For Commissioners > $$Purchase League$$ menu item to register.  See our Purchase page for more ordering information.  Also note that 2005 >> 2006 league upgrades for existing customers will be made available shortly.

Player Salaries
Two new enhancements in this area.
In order to reduce load times, the Enter Player Salaries/Contracts screen will initially only display roster players.
A "Clear Above Information" row of checkboxes has been appended to the table to allow a quick way to remove any complete column of information easily and quickly.


(as of March 27, 2006)

Reports
A new "Salary Adjustments" report has been added to allow owners to see all adjustments to player salaries for each franchise.

Time Zone
Owners can now choose their own time zone from the available six (U.S.) time zones.

Navigation
The "Basic Franchise Setup", "Advanced Franchise Setup", and "Home Page Setup" menu items have been merged to a single "Franchise Setup" screen with links to each of the previously-grouped settings.

Skins
There are several enhancements to report.
Owner's possessing the ability (Abilities Setup) to customize their appearance will now also be able to choose their own skin.
Two more skins (King & Irish) have been added.

League Access
The MyFantasyLeague.com home page will now display up to five leagues that you are currently logged in along with an "All My Leagues" link if you are logged in to more than five..


(as of March 14, 2006)

Logos & Icons
Once a logo or icon has been created via the MyFantasyLeague.com Image Generator for a franchise, the league, or division, just click on it to update your league.

CSS
Hundreds of minor changes to the league pages have been made to move HTML code into the league CSS files. This will give commissioners that know CSS coding much more control over customizing their pages.


(as of March 3, 2006)

Starting Lineups
There are several enhancements to report.
An "Opp Rank" column has been added to the "Submit Lineups" screen to list the rank for each player's opponent's passing or rushing defense.
Commissioners can now enter historical lineups in tournament (contest) style lineup leagues.
In order to reduce errors, commissioners must now select an individual franchise when using the "Submit Lineups" screen.

Tiebreakers
The "General Scoring Setup" screen has an enhanced setup for using tiebreaker players that allows for the commissioner to specify (1) the number of tiebreaker players, (2) whether they are starters or non-starters, and (3) if all positions or a single position should be required.


(as of February 17, 2006)

Injured Reserve/Taxi Squad
For leagues that explicitly allow the drop players ability (Abilities Setup), owners can now directly drop players from their active roster at the time they are activating/promoting players.

Blind Bidding Waivers
Support for a non-zero, minimum blind bid amount has been added.

Fantasy Playoffs
Added are two useful enhancements.
The "General Playoff Setup" screen now includes a "Delete" column to quickly and easily remove any unused brackets.
The "Select A Packaged Playoff Bracket" screen has been added to include some of the most commonly used bracket structures.

Victory Points
The optional victory points method of scoring wins, ties, and losses has been added.

Roster Position Limits
The "Roster Position Limits Setup" screen now supports minimum values for each position along with the previously available maximum values.

Skins
Three more skins (Gold Metal, Distressed, and Camo 2) have been added.


(as of February 7, 2006)

Appearance
A "Reset To System Default" setting has been added to the Home Page Setup screen to allow franchises to easily revert back to the default system layout.

Time Zone
Support for both Alaskan (AT) and Hawaiian (HT) have been added.

Fantasy Schedules
A few minor options have been added.
A new "Switch Schedule Weeks" screen has been added to allow commissioner the ability to swap the fantasy matchups for any two weeks in the season.
The "Rearrange Franchises in Fantasy Schedule" screen now allows for easy switching to/from the BYE and AVERAGE 'teams'. This should be especially useful to leagues with an odd number of franchises.

Load Rosters
The "Load Rosters" screen has been renamed to "Load/Unload Rosters" and the unload ability has been added to this page.

Injured Reserve
The "Injured Reserve Setup" screen now includes an option to carry over the NFL injury status for players on a NFL bye from his previous weeks' status. The NFL does not report any official injury status for players on bye.

Player Salaries
An option has been added to the "General Salary Cap Setup" screen to allow commissioners the ability to specify a "Percent of Player's Salary That Should Be Charged To Franchise Owners When Player is Dropped".

Deluxe Leagues
The "Power Rank" report and "Waiver Wire Order" home page module are now broken out by division or conference.

Skins
Two new skins (Camouflage and Future) have been added.


... and there's much more to come so please check back!

Visit our 2005 What's New page.